Cream cracker drought??

Posted 7th Jan 2023

Anyone else having problems buying cream crackers lol?? Today I have been in 10 stores looking for them big supermarkets small stores and local traders not a single packet in sight. Heron foods say they haven’t had in since well before Xmas. What is happening???

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slimy31
7th Jan
One of the less publicised strikes;

theguardian.com/bus…ike

Looks like it's resolved now, but it'll still take time to get back to full supply.
kirstie2806 Author
7th Jan
Thanks for that.
Selfish sods lol x
richp
7th Jan
Improvise, adapt, and overcome
ProMooch
7th Jan
Yes, my dad's on the look out too, though it's surprising you've been to ten stores without luck. If I find any I'll let you know as I'm Hull based too.
kirstie2806 Author
7th Jan
Today I went to
Asda
Home bargains
Lidl
Aldi
Heron
Rispins
One stop
Premier
Dhillons
Local shopper
Not a single pack in any so good luck x
VeganPolice
7th Jan
Christmas
solid
7th Jan
Is there anything finer than butter spread on a cracker?
MadeDixonsCry
8th Jan
Icing sugar
samwants2save
7th Jan
Yup, none in Lidl for a while
DisagreeableRunt
8th Jan
Get some Carr's Table Water and you'll never touch a cream cracker again. The black pepper ones are THE cracker to beat.
slimy31
8th Jan
Aye, I have been known to sit down with a pack of black pepper crackers and a wheel of Boursin, and not get up until both are finished....
liverman
7th Jan
Crackers are the new loo roll.
Dyslexic_Dog
7th Jan
I find them a bit dry,

Plus they also break too easily and don't flush very well!
Mendoza
7th Jan
get them every week from Asda
kirstie2806 Author
7th Jan
Not in Hull you won’t
Muig1972
7th Jan
A bit of toast does much the same job
kirstie2806 Author
7th Jan
Nothing like it????
Ferris
7th Jan
Not as traumatic as the great bourbon cream shortage last year, after which only poor imitations found their way back into supermarket own brand ranges.
frrft
8th Jan
Thought I was going mad! Couldn’t find any in the run up to Christmas and still can’t ! not even a cheap knock off version.
Anonymous User
8th Jan
No problems in North Wales getting them
householdhorror
9th Jan
I'm in North Wales and having trouble I think it's Llandudno Junction Tesco & Asda that deliver here, the only ones they had were the littlest Jacobs ones, which are 3x the price of the own brand and 2/3 the size.
stepea
8th Jan
Did anyone notice that in the run up Christmas, you could only buy the more expensive Jacobs crackers, no store brands of cracker were available.

By the way farm foods had alternative brand of crackers - bought some last week.
theposter
8th Jan
Found a Jacobs tub of crackers in Poundland in the run up to christmas for a £5 , was surprised as I knew there was supply issues due to a recent industrial dispute , only about 5 tubs available at the time (Leytonstone), those and the Carrs chilli crackers (49p) from farm foods I spotted back in August have seen me through Christmas!